Catastrophe Containment Facility-Chapter 31 Searching for Scavenging Demons

31: Chapter 31: Searching for Scavenging Demons

31 -31: Searching for Scavenging Demons

A day later, sporting dark circles and messy hair, Wen Wen saw Zhu Qipei again.

“Have you done all I asked you to do?” asked Zhu Qipei, striding up to Wen Wen and grabbing his hand.

“I’ve prepared everything you wanted,” Wen Wen said impassively, for he was a detective devoid of emotion.

“I’ll check it first, and if there’s no issue, I’ll give you the clue,” Zhu Qipei said in some disarray, taking the USB drive and hurrying to another compartment, where he locked the door and found a computer to play it.

After a long time, a visibly relaxed Zhu Qipei returned to the room.

“In the old city district to the north of Furong River City, there’s a Scavenging Demon.

I was attacked by a deranged Scavenging Demon while I was on an errand there a while back,” he said.

“Scavenging Demons usually hide themselves well, sustaining off rotting meat discarded by humans in the sewers, but sometimes they do attack humans.

I’m not clear, however, why it chose to attack me.”

“Then why didn’t you report it to the Hunter Association?” Wen Wen asked.

“Because they didn’t ask,” answered Zhu Qipei matter-of-factly.

These creatures, although living seemingly normal lives within the real world, ultimately do not share the same heart as humans, and their cooperation with the Hunter Association is merely for the sake of protection.

“Fine, can you provide more specific information?” Wen Wen had already given up any hope in this pig-headed man’s integrity.

“Certainly, the Scavenging Demon’s whereabouts are erratic but never beyond the old city district.

The places it passes by sometimes have greenish sludge left behind.

Also, be aware that the Scavenging Demon can spray a highly corrosive bodily fluid…”

“I’ve got what I wanted, so I’ll take my leave now,” Wen Wen stood up, ready to exit.

Another moment in Zhu Qipei’s company felt like mental contamination.

Sitting on the couch, Zhu Qipei patted Wen Wen’s shoulder and said, “You’re my friend now, I have lots of insider tips here, come and hang out more often.”

“There likely won’t be a next time.”

Disgusted, Wen Wen removed Zhu Qipei’s hand.

He felt he should wash his uniform after getting back; heaven knows if that pig-head had washed his hands, and he was certainly never going to Furong Kitchen for a meal in his life.

“Come and hang out more often…”

As he reached the door, Zhu Qipei’s voice still echoed in Wen Wen’s ears.

Once outside Furong Kitchen, his facial expression turned wildly exaggerated, as if he were laughing hysterically yet also seemingly crying.

“Wasn’t it just about mixing unspeakable videos with a boar’s mating videos?

What’s so hard about that, haha, hahaha…”

Passersby steered well clear of Wen Wen, wondering if the man had gone mad.

…

The old city district north of the city was one of Furong River City’s earliest urban developments, with a history of over a century, but now it had somewhat fallen out of date.

The various municipal facilities here were not as well-maintained as in other parts of the city.

The area was predominantly home to nostalgia-loving elderly and migrant workers seeking low-cost housing—rich folk were a rarity.

And it was here that the Scavenging Demon that Wen Wen must capture resided.

Although fulfilling Zhu Qipei’s requests had been repulsive—very repulsive—it had been worth it for Wen Wen.

The acidic spray that the Scavenging Demon could produce was capable of corroding a whole creature to nothing.

If Wen Wen possessed this ability, then whatever supernatural creature he captured in the future, he could report to the Hunter’s Association that the creature had been corroded away by him.

This would greatly aid in his effort to conceal the existence of the Catastrophe Containment Facility.

As for the integrity lost in the process…

How much is integrity worth?

If Wen Wen could get a monster by streaking through the streets, he would curse, complain, feel ashamed and hesitate, but in the end, he would still run.

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So when Lin Zheyuan found out that Wen Wen had been searching for clues in the old city district for a long time, he was very relieved and even thought about sending a few supporters to assist Wen Wen, but Wen Wen had refused.

He certainly didn’t want the Hunter Association’s spies following him around, nor did he want Lin Zheyuan to know he was taking private jobs.

…

The third day of searching for the Scavenging Demon had begun.

Dark clouds obscured the moon, and only a few stars insisted on shining in the sky.

Wen Wen stood on the rooftop, overlooking the entire old city district, as the cool breeze caressed his face, making him comfortably close his eyes.

The Scavenging Demon tended to hide during the day and come out at night, and Wen Wen was also at his best during the night, so he had been searching at this time for the past few days.

On this rooftop, Wen Wen found some concealed green slime.

He dabbed some on his finger and sniffed it, then shook his head in disappointment; the slime wasn’t fresh.

The smell of this stale slime was everywhere, making it impossible to use it to locate the Scavenging Demon.

The hunt for the Scavenging Demon was unexpectedly difficult.

Wen Wen had thought that once he knew its habits and approximate activity range, it would be easy to find with his skills.

But he had failed.

It wasn’t for lack of clues; on the contrary, there were so many that Wen Wen couldn’t verify each one in detail.

To catch the Scavenging Demon, he needed to find fresh slime, but all the traces here, although plentiful, were old and served only to distract Wen Wen, not to help him.

Wen Wen even wondered if the Scavenging Demon had already moved away from Furong River City.

Suddenly, Wen Wen’s ears perked up; he heard cries for help.

Could it be the Scavenging Demon had started attacking people!

He hurriedly started running between the buildings.

Bolstered by his Vampire Constitution’s speed, Wen Wen could easily leap over the gaps between closely-set buildings, just like a scene out of a movie.

Soon, he reached the place from where the cries were coming.

“Help, someone save me!”

A cute girl wearing a black and white maid’s outfit and a ponytail was running helplessly.

Her cries for help were loud, but the nearby residents had all their doors and windows shut tight, none coming out to save her.

Although the Hunter Association would erase the memories related to supernatural events seen by ordinary people, after so many years of supernatural powers running rampant, most ordinary people had adopted the habit of absolutely not going out at night.

Behind her, a man in a suit and a middle-aged man with a big open mouth drooling and moving in a very strange manner were chasing her.

On the rooftop, Wen Wen stood on the railing, scrutinizing the scene.

“Those two men run in a very strange way, and there’s an odd smell about them, like rotting corpses…

and an unpleasant qi, they’re probably not human.”

“As for that woman…

there are no energy waves around her, she must be a normal human…”

“She’s also quite pretty, my type, but she seems somewhat familiar….

Eh, all beauties look more or less the same.”

“But why the maid’s outfit?

In this era, are there still such maids?

Even if there are, they shouldn’t be in the old city district…”

“Could it be someone from the cos circle?”

Wen Wen did not rush to save her but instead fell into contemplation about the girl’s attire.